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Screenwriter Rhet Edward Topham was born on November 22, 1961 in California. Rhet grew up in San Jose, California, graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, California in 1979, and attended the University of California in Los Angeles.
Rhet Topham, who was eventually given story credit for "Trick or Treat," pitched the producers an idea about a kid who plays a record backwards, making a rock star named Sammi Curr come back from the dead.
- Freddy vs. Sammi
- Eddie Is Autobiographical
- Actor Turned Director
- Kiss & Makeup
- The Ragman
- Ragman The Barbarian
- The X-Files
- Ozzy Adlibbed
- Flogging Sammi
- Skeezix
Touching on the supernatural, the PMRC driven fears of the '80s, and a bit of "satanic panic," Trick Or Treat tells the story of Sammi Curr, a dead rocker resurrected through "back-masking" who helps his number one fan get revenge on the high school bullies. Trick Or Treat wasn't successful enough to earn sequels but its antihero's origin is connec...
Trick Or Treat was sold on a one-line pitch: "kid plays record backwards to unleash revengeful ghost rocker." This is according to Rhet Topham, who made his screenwriting debut. "Eddie is me. No doubt. My middle name is Eddie," he told the fan site SammiCurr.com in a 2006 interview. "His dress, his look, his composure, his experiences, his insight,...
Murphey and Soisson heard actor Charles Martin Smith was looking to direct and after meeting with him, decided to let him helm Trick Or Treat, which was still in the treatment stage. Smith is most recognizable from American Graffiti and The Untouchables and makes a cameo in Trick Or Treatas the high school principal.
The filmmakers initially wanted a real life rock star to play Sammi Curr, but as Smith told Fangoria in 1986, most of the guys they approached were turned off by the subject matter, given that the movie sought to poke some fun at both sides of the metal "debate." W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless was reportedly in talks. Gene Simmons of KISS was of...
The crucial role of Eddie "The Ragman" Weinbauer went to Marc Price, who TV audiences knew as next-door neighbor Skippy from the hit sitcom Family Ties. Michael J. Fox made the leap from Family Ties to the big-screen and Price was hoping to follow suit. According to a 2011 interview, he was cast in Can't Buy Me Love, but his Family Ties contract wo...
Early magazine articles teased a look at a cool daydream fantasy sequence where Eddie imagines himself as a badass Conan the Conqueror type ripped straight from a heavy metal album cover. It would have been homage to the great artist Frank Frazetta and a bit of a nod to legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, who oversaw Trick Or Treat and the Conan...
Trick Or Treat is the only acting credit for Glen Morgan, who plays Eddie's put-upon best friend, Roger. Morgan, a friend of the producers, had punched up some of the dialogue. They sent him to audition for Smith to play Roger without letting on that they knew him. He's now best known for his work on The X-Files. He and James Wong were co-showrunne...
Ozzy Osbournecameos as an anti-heavy metal TV evangelist. He even has a post-credits scene, which was much less common in the '80s. Simmons had already acted a few times, but Ozzy of course was a different animal. "I felt it was better not to give Ozzy scripted lines because what he came up with was much more interesting than the script," Smith rev...
The Sammi Curr songs in the movie and on the accompanying soundtrack are the work of Fastway, named for its founding guitarist, the late "Fast Eddie" Clarke of Motorhead. It began as a supergroup, with Fast Eddie joined by members of UFO and The Clash. Fastway made a gold-selling major label debut and toured with the likes of Ozzy, Iron Maiden, and...
Iron Maiden has Eddie, Megadeth has Vic Rattlehead, and Sammi Curr has Skeezix. The idea for a literal devil character evolved into a demon companion for Sammi, a monster that would have been seen on Sammi Curr album covers and merchandise. While we only see Skeezix for a brief but memorable scene, Yagher constructed the little devil with detailed ...
Nov 14, 2010 · Dodie is survived by her brother Robert, sons John and Ned Topham, stepsons John and Peter Rosekrans, four grandchildren, Michael, Rhet, Ned and Christian, five step-grandchildren and two...
Rhet Topham DVDs. The list includes TV series, TV movies, short films and movie appearances. The filmography list includes the title, the title's year of release, and the character played by Rhet Topham, where applicable.
Rhet Topham is known as an Writer, Story, Executive Producer, Characters, Screenplay, and Producer. Some of their work includes Freddy's Nightmares, Trick or Treat, 976-EVIL, 976-EVIL II, and The Nightmare Begins Again.
Dec 30, 2016 · After one such vision, Eddie hears strange sounds on the record. When he plays it backwards, Sammi Curr starts talking to him from beyond the grave, guiding Eddie on his revenge against his bullies. However, when Eddie gets in too deep and tries to stop, Sammi has other plans. Trick or Treat (1986) still.
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